Common
Name: Butterfly bush
Latin
Name: Buddleja Daviidii
Location:
Elk mill retail park wasteland
Ultimate
height: 2.5 - 4m
Ultimate
spread: 2.5 – 4m
Located
Buddleja Daviidii height: 2.5m
Leaf
Shape: Eliptical/Lanceolate shaped
Bark:
Mousy brown, sometimes appearing tiger striped.
Preferred
soil type: Moist but well drained Loam, chalk, sand or clay
Fruit/Flowers:
Fruits are capsule like with winged seeds. Flowers 3-4mm in size
generally pink/purple; linear shaped cluster of flowers.
Distribution:
Native to China
This particular Buddleja Daviidii is a self seeded
plant, located in close proximity to an industrial retail park away from other
significant vegetation other than long grasses surrounding the base. The ground
conditions were hard to distinguish as the site is a brownfield plot of
land (wasteland) located on the edge of a concrete foundation acting as a
desire line for passerbys. Where able, I took a sample of lower level soil and
carried out soil pH tests which read to have a pH of indicating the soil to
be
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| My illustration of the Buddleja Daviidii; Butterfly bush |
